How to hide/show flash and embed using javascript

Some times I need to hide all flash and embeded objects on page (for example to make them not overlay pop-ups etc.), it can be done using next simple javascript code:

function showFlash(){
var flashObjects = document.getElementsByTagName("object");
for (i = 0; i < flashObjects.length; i++) {
flashObjects[i].style.visibility = "visible";
}

var flashEmbeds = document.getElementsByTagName("embed");
for (i = 0; i < flashEmbeds.length; i++) {
flashEmbeds[i].style.visibility = "visible";
}
}

// ---------------------------------------------------

function hideFlash(){
var flashObjects = document.getElementsByTagName("object");
for (i = 0; i < flashObjects.length; i++) {
flashObjects[i].style.visibility = "hidden";
}

var flashEmbeds = document.getElementsByTagName("embed");
for (i = 0; i < flashEmbeds.length; i++) {
flashEmbeds[i].style.visibility = "hidden";
}

}